Posts Tagged ‘Development’

From a member of the Washoe Valley Working Group:
“As it says in the flyer,  the East Washoe Valley working group & the West Washoe Homeowners Association have hired a private attorney, Tom Hall, to represent Washoe Valley citizens’ interests in  two lawsuits regarding the TMSA application for municipal sewer and water that could, & probably [...]

The South Valleys Area Plan was approved by the
Regional Planning Governing Board
on May 14, 2009
Highlights:
•    Strong vision and mission statements to maintain the rural character
of Washoe Valley
•    One house per five acres for East Washoe Valley including
Ophir Lake Properties (no specific plan for Mr. Weston)
•    One house per ten acres for West Washoe Valley with [...]

According to this article in the RGJ, the water intiative that passed overwhelmingly, 73 to 27 percent in the election, was rejected by the majority of voters in two precincts, Washoe Valley and Spanish Springs. This surprises me, what with the concerns for the health to our valley tied so closely to water. The article [...]

I ran across this real estate ad for a 45 acre parcel that is subdivided into 14 parcels described as being in the “Franktown Valley”. It is part of the old Pedroli ranch along highway 395 in the center of Washoe Valley and it’s available to “boutique custom home builder’s” or whoever else has $3.5 [...]

An attendee of this month’s East WV Citizen Advisory Committee (CAB) meeting sends this in:
At our last East WV CAB meeting last Tues. the 16th the Chair Dave
Harrison declared very emphatically for the record that the EWV CAB does not
approve of the defacing of 3 out of 4 of the Sierra Vista Ranch signs which
has [...]

The SVAP meeting last week went well for residents as the county commissioners chose to scale back the “Weston/Lowden” development proposal in this article in the RGJ.com. According to the article, about 100 valley residents made a presence that once again impressed the commissioners.
The commissioners have given the planners 40 days to change the development [...]

Ever hear of that one? Go to Sierravistaranches.com
and check out the plans for thirteen 5.7 acres lots in the “Equestrian Country Club” planned for a strip of land across the street from Little Washoe Lake along East Lake Blvd. The site includes conceptual sketches of the homes, site and views. The development will stretch [...]

On September 9th, the county commissioners are going to revisit the latest version of the South Valleys Area Plan. This is after years of negotiations between citizens of Washoe Valley and the county’s planning staff. Previous public turnout at these meetings has had a great effect on convincing the commissioners that residents of Washoe Valley [...]